Roman Candles is a short film by Baltimore, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 filmmaker John Waters

John Waters (filmmaker)

John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...

 starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce

Mary Vivian Pearce

Mary Vivian Pearce is an American actress. She has worked primarily in the films of John Waters.Pearce is the childhood best friend of John Waters and has appeared as an actress in all of his films. Because of her work with Waters, she is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of...

, David Lochary

David Lochary

David Crawford Lochary was one of the regular "Dreamlander" actors in early films of the controversial "trash" film director John Waters. He starred in such films as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs, in which he typically played exotically-dressed, sophisticated perverts...

, Mink Stole

Mink Stole

Nancy Paine Stoll better known by the stage name Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, having appeared in all of his feature films to date...

, and Maelcum Soul

Maelcum Soul

Maelcum Soul was a 1960s Baltimore, Maryland bohemian, artist, and an actress in two of filmmaker John Waters' earliest works, Roman Candles and Eat Your Makeup....

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The film was shown "triple projected" on three 8mm projectors running simultaneously, but has never been released commercially. However, it was screened occasionally in 2004 as part of the touring exhibition John Waters: Change of Life.

Cast

• Divine as The Smoking Nun
• Maelcum Soul
  Maelcum Soul
  Maelcum Soul was a 1960s Baltimore, Maryland bohemian, artist, and an actress in two of filmmaker John Waters' earliest works, Roman Candles and Eat Your Makeup....
  
   as Governess
• David Lochary
  David Lochary
  David Crawford Lochary was one of the regular "Dreamlander" actors in early films of the controversial "trash" film director John Waters. He starred in such films as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs, in which he typically played exotically-dressed, sophisticated perverts...
  
   as Governess' boyfriend
• Mona Montgomery as Head model
• Mary Vivian Pearce
  Mary Vivian Pearce
  Mary Vivian Pearce is an American actress. She has worked primarily in the films of John Waters.Pearce is the childhood best friend of John Waters and has appeared as an actress in all of his films. Because of her work with Waters, she is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of...
  
   as Model
• Pat Moran as Party guest
• Mink Stole
  Mink Stole
  Nancy Paine Stoll better known by the stage name Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, having appeared in all of his feature films to date...
  
   as Party guest
• Bob Skidmore as Man with electric fan
• John Waters
  John Waters (filmmaker)
  John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...